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Feb 8, 2012The first comeback album in history by an iconic rock act that stands up against anything else on the shelves today.... This is the mighty Van Halen at their best.
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Feb 8, 2012The result is a gloriously satisfying cop-out.
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Feb 21, 2012Van Halen have found their dazzle without a hassle.
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Feb 9, 2012A Different Kind Of Truth sounds familiar in the best way.
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Feb 7, 2012Instead of trying to fit into the past, Van Halen are using their history to revive their present and they succeed surprisingly well on A Different Kind of Truth.
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Feb 6, 2012Against the odds, the party metal kings are back and blazing.
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Feb 23, 2012As comeback albums go, though, this one feels unusually natural.
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Feb 7, 2012Together, Eddie and Diamond Dave have achieved a simple yet hard-to-pull-off goal with A Different Kind Of Truth: Sounding like the Van Halen we (want to) remember.
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Mar 13, 2012Once you're past the confusion of any preconceptions, it's a solid rock album.
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Feb 15, 2012For an album that you might think is merely an excuse for a megabucks world tour, it sure does, er, wail.
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Feb 9, 2012If the songs are based on 1970s demos, that was a wise move, because wherever these 13 tunes came from, there isn't a single Waldo on the bus.
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Feb 7, 2012It isn't perfect, but it's far better than it needed to be to satisfy the requirements of a round of nostalgic cash-grabbing.
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Feb 7, 2012It's not perfect--it's too long by a third, David Lee Roth often sounds like a 2 A.M. drunk doing David Lee Roth at karaoke, and a Kinks cover wouldn't have killed them. But the album clearly aspires to both be part of the canon, and, if need be, serve as an entry point.
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Feb 6, 2012A Different Kind Of Truth is ultimately an accomplished, hard-rocking record that somehow manages to not sound too dated.
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Feb 6, 2012Over 13 tracks, A Different Kind of Truth offers the same youthful escape that sold the band to millions worldwide over 30 years ago.
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Feb 23, 2012A Different Kind of Truth, lucky No. 7.
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Feb 6, 2012The boys with crow's feet and bum hips have made an album that speaks to the inner 16-year-old of their audience.
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Feb 6, 2012A Different Kind of Truth is actually not bad; in fact, it's pretty good, all things considered.
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Metal Hammer (UK)Mar 19, 2012Even though it's good to see Van Halen up and around, A Different Kind Of Truth is not the resurrection that we all dared to dream of. [Apr 2012, p.102]
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Feb 13, 2012A fun and nostalgic listen for fans of the band, but on the whole rather unmemorable.
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MojoMar 22, 2012A disappointment. [Apr 2012, p.88]
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 25 out of 33
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Mixed: 5 out of 33
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Negative: 3 out of 33
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Feb 7, 2012
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Apr 26, 2012